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2024

13 Feb/2024

Magicube

This post was written for Indie Tsushin. Please check them out! As creators, we find inspiration where we can. Just as much as we’re motivated by a new idea or concept, sometimes we’re simply inspired by wanting to have things look or sound a certain way. This is a form...

2023

20 Aug/2023

和階堂真の事件簿 (Makoto Wakaido’s Case Files)

This post was written for Indie Tsushin. Please check them out! When the release of Detective Pikachu saw one of Japan’s most recognisable characters donning a deerstalker and brandishing a magnifying glass, it might have struck some people as an absurd direction to take the franchise, bordering on the surreal....

16 Apr/2023

ファミレスを享受せよ (Famiresu wo Kyojuseyo)

This post was written for Indie Tsushin. Please check them out! For those not familiar with the Japanese famiresu (short for “family restaurant”), the closest American analogue is probably the diner; in Japan, Denny’s markets themselves as a famiresu. Few operate 24-hours a day any more, but many people still...